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Last time I checked, I could login to PayPal account and withdraw any payment as soon as the purchase was made. Unless this new system allows me to access my money via thoughts, I do not see how this will be simpler than what we have now

Found a redesign on reddit I like a bit.

Looks like the Black Seas Barracuda from the 60 Years of the Brick promo fits quite well inside the bottle, by just removing the top of the masts (with the flags): source: http://zusammengebaut.com/lego-ideas-schiff-in-der-flasche-mit-mini-barracuda-auf-dem-weg-nach-braunschweig-43515/

I'm concerned about seller protection. Paypal is actually pretty good when it comes to this.

Room just about finished. Sadly my budget didn't buy me bespoke shelving so I had to settle for cube shelving. Doesn't work for the big sets so these have to sit on top. Overall, pleased with the effort and it has cleared other areas of the house. We now have space that we never thought we had! If my better half gets cross, at least I can sleep with the Lego!

Lego only puts out a really nice ship once every few years. The last great one was QAR and that was 6 years ago. This set will be appreciated and sought after long after it's gone. I'm in it for the long haul.

Looks like this Instant Win game is paying out some points: http://syw.co/2E5qNHl Also, WWW extra code is: WildWed

I’m wondering whom eBay thinks is their customer. Likely not us, sellers. And those payment options they promise, is it going to be the sellers choice which option to offer, or would it be up to the buyer? Again, likely the buyer, so the scammers will be the first ones to discover which option screws us over the most, and we won’t have a choice to defend ourselves against this. Sad times....

Still buying Chima? X2 Glad I had to stop for milk.

Made me mad to. Now that you focused on it so much...all I feel is unbridled rage. Thanks

All I can see is this and it drives me mad:

I can't imagine this, as much as PayPal is adopted all over the world.

FBM - 4429 - City: Helicopter Rescue - $175

The word from Paypal CEO: EBay was restricted for a period of time from having another payment service," Rainey said. "At the same time, we were restricted from going out and partnering with some of their competitors — some of the largest and fastest-growing marketplaces in the world." That restrictive deal was always slated to end, Rainey said, allowing eBay to partner with Adyen — and letting PayPal explore partnerships with other companies. EBay represents 13 percent of PayPal's total payments volume, according to company filings. But that revenue sector has grown at an average rate of just 4 percent during the last 10 quarters — compared with an average growth rate of 23 percent for the rest of the business, Rainey said. Rainey declined to comment on partnership discussions but said "it's fair to say that we talk to all the major companies."

40271 - Bunny (Easter 2018)

I agree. SM has scarcity as its main weapon.

BS - There is nothing about this that will bring us a better "Seller (or buyer) Experience". Just how many Adyen users are there compared to Paypal? and any savings that exist will be pocketed by ebay, not by us. The best that we can hope for is that the issues are limited.

Some 30% discounts at DEB and 70618 Bounty back in stock at £75 at Amzn.

File for return and select not as described. Yes, they will pay for the shipping. You will receive a shipping label from eBay to use, and you have a certain time window to return them.

Yep, it said nothing about improving selling experience

Nothing to see here...just eBay trying to shaft sellers (and really buyers too) for the nth time. I already don't trust PayPal (their terrible dispute resolution process), but I distrust eBay even more.

Yep, $300 between this and my last 4431 Ambulance I sold.

WOW! i'd say it's happy dance time for that price. i was happy i sold a couple of obi wan kenobi constractables today for $29.99 that I picked up at bn for $4.50 but sheesh... i'll go crawl back in my hole now.

It's just a section. You can buy about 800 of them to complete it.

(all FBA) i've sold 11 for $97.99 so go figure. great return on a $35 buyin. all of the first order sets people took a leak on are going to surprise to the upside. sold 8x First Order Snowspeeders for $54.99, buyin $19 in the last 3 weeks also. sold 8x little red racer creator cars 31055 I picked up online clearance for $3.23 less than 4 weeks ago for $14.79. yeah baby - little sets getting it done. only 67x more to sell. 9x Friends Foal washing stations for $21.99 (buyin $4 a month ago). 8x Rebel Trooper battle packs for $20 each - buyin $4 2 weeks ago. 6x Speed Champions F150 Raptor -Model A for $74.99, buyin $25 during last years TRU 50% off sale. 5x Juniors Lost Temples for $44.90 each, buyin during Target's clearance blow out last summer for $11.63. glad i went deep on these.

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If you are a winner, please contact me on the site so we can confirm the prizes and shipping addresses. The Rallyup.com site works very well and is secure, so please feel confident in donating to the school and purchasing raffle tickets. All the money goes to St. Paul School, which is a 501(c)(3), and to Rallyup.com for running the raffle. I will make every effort to supply the winners with the appropriate prizes. If there are shipping issues, inventory issues or potential problems beyond my control, I will make sure the winners are awarded LEGO sets/gift cards comparable to the original prizes. Any questions, ideas or concerns, please reply below or PM Jeff or me... TICKETS AVAILABLE UNTIL: March 13, 2018 at 11:59 PM EST (My 50th Birthday) DRAWING DATE: March 14, 2018 at 12:00 AM EST Thanks again! Ed Mack View full blog article

40235 - Year Of The Dog (promo)

#Jealous

Their return labels have been screwed up for a while. I just snip a screenshot of the label using the snipping tool, paste it into paint, and print it from there. Works great like that.

Moving the discussion of the possible June theme to this thread.

Hahhaaha... Soooo true!

Let me check my watch...

It's not active yet where you live in 2013

MF is excluded from double points (small print) but that's a very poor "offer". How disappointing. Contents / competitions - no thanks exclusive promos - they've shown an image of the the DJ mini figure. That's not exclusive? Really disappointing Double points is nothing special. That is given out at various points in the year...

First “deal”

The smart ones flipped their Simpsons sets during the window. I am not one of them.

I think you will see a lot of rockets, Porsches, Bounties, Parisian Restaurants and BWE´s being hoarded to very little effect as the money is nearl always in what the horde overlooks. The hard part is knowing the overlooked sets that will do well!

Posts / pictures like this illustrate my point perfectly. That’s why I’m holding off and watching. There’s no rush here, and that is a lot of space taken up for what could be several years...

I have a single one aside. I got it as a three for two, sold the other two, and it stands me in very little. I almost brought a couple more a couple of days ago but have now had a rethink.. I won't be buying another one yet, if at all, purely because of this forum.. if this hoarding is consistent until retirement, there are going to be some unhappy people for sure in two years time having had all that space taken up. If it tails off, it might be awesome. At this time, as many have suggested is the way forward, I have now decided to zag. For personal build however, or if I get the strong urge to build that super DB MOC, there is no better value!

Adding a Lego octopus to mine to act as a kraken. I think the size ratio will be perfect.

Very cool. You have to make do with the space you have. Good job! Regarding light, crayxlp is right. I would black those windows out and also redirect your ceiling lights. They will, over not too long a time, cause fading to the areas of the boxes exposed. I learned this the hard way with some rare books.

So PayPal couldn’t work with Amazon and they want to...

I estimate around 8,000 pieces. Rough estimate.

Well, on the subject of deals, I just bought 2 of these on eBay for about £50 each! Time will tell but I think it's legit.

Found an online return of Assault on Hoth 75098 at an area Target. The box was beat up and marked down to $175. When I got to the register, it rang up $125!

Don´t get me started. Series 1 are pretty sketchy apart from Bakery, Naida´s Spa and the other little set ending in a 1. Series 2 we know about and the Mine and Dragon School are no great shakes Seeing as people from as far afield as US, Australia and Europe are now all Elves experts, I´d say series 3 won´t do great due to overhoarding.

Saw this gem the other day